Rihhane Of Story's
Keep Distance

Sorry for the late ups, guys... The wifi at my place was not good.

Let's continue Rihan's story...

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"You're not coming back, sir?" Ask Alex because they've been in the lab long enough.

"An hour more. We'll be back once Beatrix wakes up." Rihan replied after staring at the watch he had just worn for the surgery.

"Good, Sir."

"Please drink, sir." Prof Jean came and put some drinks on the table.

"Yes." Yeah."

"Because you're here, I want to give you the good news, sir." The chief scientist is usually called Prof. Delton remembered something.

"Hm."

"Gledy's body is ready, sir. Since Gledy's central control was already installed in it, so with just one command, then he would do it all. You want to activate it now, sir?" Ask Prof Delton.

Before replying, Rihan looked at his watch again and it turned out to be 21:30.

"Yes." Yeah."

"Follow me, sir!"

By leading the way, Prof. Delton then took Rihan and the others to a tube where the robot that had been installed Gledy's control center lay.

Once pressed on a small button in the chest area of the robot, the Gledy control center is finally active. Those brown irises of eyes finally opened, then came out of the tube and stared around to recognize anyone inside there.

After the successful retrieval of the data, Gledy immediately headed for Rihan and took a respectful position, where the right hand was clenched and clung to his chest, while the left hand was behind his body, bowing his head slightly towards Rihan.

"The staff is ready to take orders." Gledy said with a firm voice.

"Before taking orders, you'd better put your clothes on." Rihan said flat, because Gledy only wears shorts.

"Sorry to make you uncomfortable, sir." Gledy looked at Prof. Delton and Prof. Jean.

"I'm sorry, sir. Give me a little time to change his clothes." Prof Delton woke up and scratched his head in embarrassment for forgetting to change his clothes.

"Yes." Yeah."

Gledy followed Prof. Delton went to the dressing room to change his clothes.

5 Minutes later, Prof. Delton came out with the neat Gledy in a black suit from top to bottom.

"Lumayan." Rihan comments when seeing Gledy's appearance.

"Thank you, sir."

"Don't forget to wear a mask and a hat." Rihan's proposal is to look back at his watch.

"Okay sir, I'll take it for a minute." Said Prof Delton.

"Wear it." Profs. Delton gave Gledy a mask and hat.

"That's enough. For a while you stayed here. You can come to me in case of emergency, or I'll call you." Rihan.

"Brothers understand, sir." Reply Gledy firmly.

"Sorry to interrupt, sir. Beatrix is conscious." Report Doctor Galant who had been guarding Beatrix in the ward.

"Simply quickly he was conscious. That nice. Call Mentra immediately, "Rihan nods and heads to Beatrix's ward.

"Good, Sir."

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The time is 22:25. Rihan and Alex are finally out of the lab. The two entered through the mansion's main gate because if it went straight to the room, they would meet Neo, and the man would know that there was a secret door in Rihan's room. Entering the mansion, there was already Alen waiting there.

"I'll help you clean up, sir." Alen said after bowing respectfully to Rihan.

"No need. Rest up! I'll do it myself in my study. I'll see you tomorrow." Rihan refuses and heads for the elevator.

"Good, Sir."

Passing through her room slowly so as not to invite attention, Rihan immediately went into her study and cleaned up. Rihan's study room also provided a small closet containing some formal and casual clothes so that Rihan no longer need to go to his room and meet Neo. Rihan just didn't want to meet the man because later his ears hurt hearing Neo's incessant nagging.

After cleaning up and changing clothes, Rihan went to his desk and finished the rest of the file this afternoon. Rihan also plans to sleep on his couch.

Busy reading and signing the file in his hand, until Rihan's focus was diverted because he felt the presence of others there. Before seeing who went in there, the person's distinctive fragrance was already smelled so that Rihan knew who he was.

"I was waiting for him to die in the room, and he was busy working. Very heartless. Ck..." Neo's lips then placed the coffee cup on the sofa table and approached Rihan who wasn't looking at him at all.

"Hey... You hear me?" Neo asks after hitting Rihan's desk softly.

"Look at me!" Upset Neo quickly pulls the pen and paper that Rihan is holding and puts it away from Rihan.

"Hm."

"You obviously know, I can't sleep without hugging you. Are you avoiding me on purpose?" Ask Neo seriously.

"Yes." Yeah." Rihan replied casually and took off both of Neo's hands on his shoulders.

"Why? Tell me if I made a mistake" Neo asked quietly.

"Eitherway. It's just, Brother Neo should get used to it from now on."

"No. I don't want to! I'd rather be like this," Neo shook his head in disapproval.

"Now your beloved will come, brother. So, from now on keep your distance from me." Reply to Rihan and take another pen in his desk drawer and check another file.

"Whether or not Elle is here, never keep your distance from me. I love Elle, but I love you too. I don't want you to be away from me. You will still accompany my sleep even though Elle is beside me,"

Rihan stopped writing and looked at Neo with his sharp gaze.

"Elle can accompany your sleep, brother. She's your lover."

"Me and Elle have been in a relationship for a long time, but we're just holding hands. No more than that. I will always look after her until we get married. Brand slept with her, but I'll take it anyway."

Unknowingly Rihan grasped firmly the pen in his hand. His gaze grew increasingly cold on Neo.

"If you love her so much, why is your attitude toward me as if you like me?" Rihan asked flat without frills big brother.

"That's..." Neo doesn't know what to say.

"I want an honest answer!"

"Since long ago, I've wanted to have a little brother. Ira was born a woman. I don't want my mom to be pregnant anymore because she's gonna be so tired of taking care of the three of us. So, I forbid mommy from pregnant again. When I see you, I like you and want you to be my sister. Therefore, I do not agree if you marry Ira."

"Sister, yes. I gotcha! From now on I will put myself as a little sister." Said Rihan flatly and went back to reading the file in front of him.

"Re... You're..."

"That's enough! There are still a lot of files I need to check. Neo came here for a lot of work?" Rihan spoke without looking at Neo.

"Just..." Call Neo slowly. Unfortunately Rihan doesn't care.

"good. I'll continue my work." Neo muttered then gently pat Rihan on the shoulder before turning to the sofa a few meters in front of him.

Rihan only stared at Neo's back at a glance then continued his work after sighing for a while.

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After that night's talk, Rihan began to keep his distance from Neo. Rihan just doesn't want what he feels bothers him more, as there's still something he has to do so it's better to keep his distance from Neo.

Neo who felt Rihan's attitude towards her felt something strange in her heart. Neo is so sure to only think of Rihan as his sister, but when Rihan keeps his distance from her, he feels something is missing.

Although the two slept together, but Neo had no chance to talk to Rihan. When the man was about to talk, Rihan always reasoned that he was tired so he wanted to go to bed quickly.

The time the two met was only during their sleep together, because Rihan would always avoid Neo by going to the Setia Hospital even though there was no work there. Rihan also regularly to campus to make the distance of the two further. Rihan is the one who always avoids.

Neo is always looking for opportunities even when eating together, but Rihan has made a rule not to talk while eating so there is no opportunity for Neo to talk.

These days Neo is not sleeping well. The sleep time may be an hour or two, because the rest of the time is always used to look at Rihan's calm face while sleeping.

Like tonight, it was already 3 in the morning, but Neo was still awake and staring at the calm face of Rihan who was lying face towards him.

"Why does it feel like something is missing when you get away from me? I'm confused about myself. I don't know what I feel right now. I just want you to always be near me" Neo muttered as he continued to stare at the sleeping Rihan in front of him. The distance between the two is only a few inches.

"Can you avoid me?" Mumbled Neo again. The man sighed softly then approached Rihan.

Cup

One kiss Neo gave on Rihan's forehead. The man then smiled faintly and placed his arm as Rihan's head pillow, then pulled Rihan into his arms.

"Great dream, Rei." Neo said softly then positioned his chin on Rihan's head and closed his eyes.

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Rihan who was still sleeping was disturbed because he felt the heat in his body. Rihan opened his eyes slowly and found himself in Neo's arms.

"Why is his body temperature so hot?" Rihan murmured as he realized where the heat was coming from.

"Sister... You fever. Let me take a compress for you, "Rihan tried to take off Neo's tight hug.

"Sister?" call Rihan but don't respond to Neo.

"Don't avoid me, Rei." Neo muttered in his sleep.

"I have to do it, brother. Sorry!" Rihan said in his heart as he continued to try to take off Neo's hand that was holding her. Not just one hand, but both Neo hands hugged Rihan from the front.

"Sister. Hm?" Said Rihan softly.

After saying that, slowly Neo's embrace loosened so that Rihan could take off his embrace. Rihan then goes down and heads to the refrigerator and picks up some small blocks of ice cubes and puts them in a basin that is already filled with water. After that, Rihan brought the basin along with a towel to compress Neo.